På Washington Posts hemsida fínns en blog som heter Finland diary. Den skrivs av Robert G. Kaiser och Lucian Perkins som "reser
runt i Finland för att ta reda på varför detta föga uppmärksammade land
har världens bästa utbildningssystem, producerar så talangfulla musiker
och arkitekter och har fler mobiltelefoner per capita än Japan och
Amerika."
Så här introducerar Robert G. Kaiser och Lucian Perkins sin Finland Diary:
"Finland just might be the world’s most interesting country that
Americans know least about. It has the best school system in the world,
some of the most liberated women (the president is female), more cell
phones per capita than anyone else, one of the world’s best high-tech
companies (Nokia), remarkable information technology of many kinds,
great music from rock and jazz to classical. The Finns are proud of
their generous welfare state, which provides, among much else, free
health care and free education at every level."
På den här sidan finns massor mer att läsa om Finland, bl.a. följande under rubriken: "Focus on Schools Helps Finns Build a Showcase Nation":
HELSINKI — A foreigner asking to visit a school in Finland this
spring got an unexpected reply from the Helsinki City Education
Department: Our schools are overwhelmed by visitors; do you have to
visit just now?
In fact, the Finns, who have long felt neglected by the rest of the
world, are delighted to show off their schools. But they do have a
logistical problem. Foreign educators in droves want to visit Finnish
schools for the simple reason that they are so good — very likely the
best on Earth.
Superb schools symbolize the modern transformation of Finland, a poor
and agrarian nation half a century ago, and today one of the world’s
most prosperous, modern and adaptable countries.
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